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You can make a long list of bullet points showing the similarities between “The Humbling,” Barry Levinson's new film, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's “Birdman.” Both revolve around actors having identity crises, so not surprisingly there are little duplications throughout. Levinson's film has its own pleasures, but it lacks the manic momentum that drives “Birdman.” A percussion score here would be like death-metal band in a Zen monastery. Al Pacino plays Simon Axler, a star of (mostly) stage and (a little) screen. One night, Simon has a sudden meltdown and launches himself off the front of the stage as though into a mosh pit....

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You can make a long list of bullet points showing the similarities between “The Humbling,” Barry Levinson's new film, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's “Birdman.” Both revolve around actors having identity crises, so not surprisingly there are little...

"Christmas Vacation" is a cuckoo clock of a movie, just as loopy, wonderful and fresh as it was 25 years ago this month when we first unwrapped it.
Rippingly rich satire, the seasonal favorite features Chevy Chase as the bighearted dad, with...

To Simon Axler, the discombobulating actor at the heart of "The Humbling," all the world is truly a stage. That's as much because Axler's entire life has been about performing as well as that now, pushing 70, he's having trouble separating...

NOV. 5
Interstellar
As mankind's time on Earth comes to an end, astronauts travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity. With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine. Written by Jonathan Nolan and...

Sixty years ago, maverick director Samuel Fuller won the Bronze Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival for his gritty film noir “Pickup on South Street” with Richard Widmark and Thelma Ritter.
Now, six decades later, Samantha Fuller, the...

A man adrift at sea. A woman adrift in space. And a young girl all by herself in the desert.
If there's a theme at this weekend's Telluride Film Festival, it's that solo travel may have its benefits but also carries more than a few risks.
Colorado's...

"Do I get paid for this?" says Mel Brooks at the end of Robert Trachtenberg's biographical documentary, "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise," premiering Monday as part of the PBS series "American Masters." "If this program was...

Leonard Stern, an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and director whose career in television spanned "The Honeymooners," "Get Smart" and "McMillan & Wife" and whose additional career in publishing included co-creating...